La Casa de Diego Colon

    -After his father made the great discovery of this island, Diego Columbus was later sent here and was like a governor in Santo Domingo.  As you might imagine, there were problems with the indigenous people.  Some of the Spaniards treated them with respect.  Others wanted to make them slaves.  We went to the house where Diego, the Viceroy and his wife, the Vicerina, lived here.  Just wanted to include a few pictures we took that day.

                                                       

                Sorry about the glare, but this would have been like the kitchen except it would have been outside so as not to heat up the house.  Some big pots!

The bedrooms of the viceroy and the vicerina.  They explained that her bed was not very long because she slept with pillows propping her up.  The chest at the bottom of his narrow bed was made of elephant hide.

Before eating, you dipped your fingers into this bowl which held blessed water.  I supposed that provided protection against disease.  It is now on the wall in the dining area.

Here we have the music room with harp and please note the bench along the wall is for the choir!  There are only four seats, so maybe one for each part?  In the glass case is music of the time.

The governor and his lady invite you to come!  Well, if I had to wear all these clothes in this heat, I would be dead in short order  Can't believe they would have worn all of this, but it is quite elegant!